Recent content by Mandolin

Haven't seen it mentioned yet but the entire ~15 minute gunfight/car chase/gunfight at the end of The Kingdom. Notable for the two main characters running out of ammo several times and using 3 different weapons each. Here's part 1

Most of the security at the Smithsonian museums carry revolvers. Museum of American History has 3 bored guards with revolvers at the entrance. Air and Space Museum has 2 dozen slightly less bored guards with revolvers, all in the lobby. National Archives has 3 actually-alert guards at the...

Mostly first-person, with a brief bit in third person from Mosh's perspective

Did the US make a gazzilion M3 Grease gun magazines? Because it seems like every .45 carbine ever made can be converted to take the grease gun mags.

Sorry, got the Charlie and Delta confused.

It's a Bravo, but you're wrong about the Golf. The Golf is a Bravo minus the handguard (essentialy). The Charlie has no stock and spade grips, and the Delta has an electronic trigger and is mounted co-axialy on vehicles. Army and Coast Guard use the Bravo, Marines use the Golf.

Would someone please enlighten me on why we still care about the Geneva/Hauge/insert random treaty name here convention that we NEVER SIGNED??? NO ONE except us actually follows the rules. The Japanese in WW2, the North Koreans and ChiComs in the Korean war, all Vietnamese in that war, Saddam in...

Wings of the Eagle, by W.T. Grant. He flew Huey for a year in Vietnam and his Huey NEVER, EVER, took hits. What makes it even more amazing? He flew LRP mission most of the time-in other words, he was picking up 6-man teams from LZs crawling with VC without getting hit. And most of the other...

It's definatly the magazine. Does anyone make extended magazines for Hi-Power? Mid-mag re-load maybe?

Hey, a few years back there was the pictuie of the Ethiopian guy with an StG44, which uses a round that no one in the west has made in 60 years.

Only becuase they got the contract 500 years ago and havn't done much since. I seriously hope there's a real guard force, since guys with Midevil tech are slightly useless.

^^^ You'd welcome the Germans too if you had been under Stalin's rule for 10 or 15 years.

Huh? Is that what he meant to say?

The jacket is mostly sealed, but you still need to be able to por mor in and most guns had a litle tube that went to a box when steam could condese back to water. And if shrapnel puts a hole in the jacket, do you want a clound of steam or boiling oil? I'll take the steam. And, if you use water...

Water is easier to get, is already needed in large amounts, and oil, when hot, might smoke or catch or fire, a very bad thing. You don't use flamable materials to cool hot objects.